Category: Thailand
New oil pipeline in northern Thailand may worsen flooding
Plans are also underway to link the pipeline to the capital of Laos, Vientiane, and to southern China.
Thailand tackles worst drought in 40 years
The severe drought is adding pressure to Thailand’s struggling economy and its agricultural sector, which employs 11 million people.
Guardians of the forest: six rifles and one bullet a day
“My mother’s family gets their food from the forest and has been earning money from selling non-timber forest products for more than 20 years.”
Thais spike China-led plan to dredge Mekong river
The Thai cabinet decided “to stop the project” after Beijing failed to stump up the money for further surveys of the area to be dredged.
Smog dashes chances of Unesco heritage listing
“It shows that we lack measures to manage pollution and protect the heritage.”
Humans vs nature
Young Thai artist’s new exhibition takes a hard-hitting look at our destructive relationship with the world around us.